Keynotes
“Innovation: Persevere or Perish”
by Daniel Ingitaraj, Director, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
An avid photographer by hobby and an underwater enthusiast who is passionate about the role of technology, the magic of software, the importance of diversity and work life balance.Daniel Ingitaraj was appointed Director, Developer and Platform Group, Microsoft Singapore in 2004. Daniel earlier was leading the marketing and offshore SI enablement team in India responsible for strengthening relationships with software development community.
The D&PE mission is strategic to Microsoft’s role as a platform software company. D&PE evangelises the Microsoft platform (client, server, services and tools) to software developers, IT professionals and designers. D&PE activities range from evangelising cool and hip technologies like Microsoft PopFly to hobbyists and students all the way to mission critical software architecture engagements with the world’s top Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).
Daniel is enthusiastic about the new opportunities for individual and organisations building Software plus Services and many of D&PE’s activities are designed to stimulate local software economies in both emerging and developed countries. Daniel is found frequently advising academics and commercial software industry leaders on matters related to the growth of their local software industry.
Daniel joined Microsoft in 1997 from Borland and started his career in the Industry as software developer.